Bob Atcher
Bob Atcher | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | James Robert Owen Atcher |
Born | May 11, 1914 Hardin County, Kentucky, US |
Died | October 31, 1993 Prospect, Kentucky, US | (aged 79)
Genres | Country |
Instrument(s) | Guitar, fiddle |
Years active | 1937-1966 |
Labels | ARC, Okeh Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, Kapp Records |
James Robert Owen "Bob" Atcher (May 11, 1914[1] – October 31, 1993)[2] was an American country musician.
Biography
Atcher was born in
Productive Years
Between 1939 and 1942, he recorded many duets with Loeta Applegate, who went by the stage name "Bonnie Blue Eyes."[1] Among these was the first No. 1 of Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine".[1] He scored two solo hits with versions of "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes"[1] and Ernest Tubb's "Walking the Floor Over You". On May 5, 1942, in his last session before joining the United States Army, he and Bonnie Blue Eyes recorded "Pins and Needles (In My Heart)" by Fred Rose, which charted for most of 1943, and went on to become a standard for the wartime era.
Post WWII
After returning to performing in 1946, he charted hits, including "
Atcher was the star of Junior Rodeo, a television program that debuted on ABC on November 15, 1952. Broadcast on alternate Saturday mornings from Chicago, the Western children's program had members of the audience participating in follow-the-leader activities.[3]
Atcher, like
Atcher Pool in Schaumburg is named after him. Shortly before he died, the Municipal Center in Schaumburg was named in his honor. The center was dedicated in March 1995.
"You Are My Sunshine" | |
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Single by Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | |
B-side | "Crying Myself To Sleep" |
Published | January 30, 1940Southern Music Publishing Co Inc |
Released | February 1940 |
Recorded | January 17, 1940[4] |
Studio | Stevens Hotel, 720 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Ill |
Genre | Hillbilly |
Length | 2:40 |
Label | Vocalion 05370[5] |
Songwriter(s) | Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell |
Hillbilly-Folk Chart Hits
Year | Pos | Artist | Label | Record Date | Title | composer(s) |
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1940 | 1 | Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | Vocalion Single 05370 | February 1940[4] | You Are My Sunshine | First #1 record June 1940[6][7] |
1941 | 7 | Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | Okeh single 06395 | April 27, 1941[4] | Doesn't Matter Anymore | Lahn |
1942 | 2 | Bob Atcher | Okeh single 05134 | September 15, 1939[4] | I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes | Alvin Pleasant Carter
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1942 | 3 | Bob Atcher | Okeh single 06496 | November 11, 1941[4] | Walking the Floor Over You | Ernest Tubb |
1942 | 8 | Bob Atcher | Okeh single 06639 | January 20, 1942[4] | Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die | Roy Hall |
1942 | 15 | Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | Okeh single 06496 | November 11, 1941[4] | Sweethearts Or Strangers | Jimmie Davis and Lou Wayne |
1942 | 29 | Bob Atcher | Okeh single 06686 | May 5, 1942[4] | Sorrow On My Mind | Floyd Jenkins aka Fred Rose |
1943 | 2 | Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | Okeh single 06689 | May 5, 1942[4] | Pins and Needles (In My Heart) | Floyd Jenkins |
1943 | 15 | Bob Atcher | Okeh single 06689 | January 20, 1942[4] | Time Alone | Floyd Jenkins |
1946 | 7 | Bob Atcher | Columbia single 36983 | February 25, 1946 | I Must Have Been Wrong | Bob Atcher[8] |
1948 | 6 | Bob Atcher | Columbia single 37991 | November 3, 1947 | Signed, Sealed And Delivered | Cowboy Copas, Lois Mann aka Sydney Nathan[8] |
1949 | 9 | Bob Atcher | Columbia single 20611 | July 22, 1949 | Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me | Lonnie Glosson, Wayne Raney[8] |
1949 | 12 | Bob Atcher | Columbia single 20557 | February 6, 1949 | Tennessee Border | Jimmy Work[8] |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Bob Atcher | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Last Week's Network Changes". Ross Reports on Television including The Television Index. November 16, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ ISBN 0-19-513989-5.
- ^ Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes; Davis; Mitchell (1940), You Are My Sunshine, Internet Archive, Okeh, retrieved August 23, 2021
- ^ You Are My Sunshine - Bob Atcher | Song Info | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-08-30
- ^ "The Billboard July 27, 1940 p84". worldradiohistory.com. July 27, 1940. Retrieved August 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 35.